Vanity case



sept. 2.1924. A I 1,507,082

- v s. E. MILLER v VANITY 4CASE Filed Feb. 21 1922 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UN1TED STATES SOMMERFIELD E. MILLER, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VANITY CASE.

Appnc'ation mea February 21, 1922. serial No. 538,229.

To .all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SOMMERFIELD E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of `Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements |in Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

-The primary object of the invention i's to provide a vanity case having a mirror with a light so positioned within the vanity case as t0 reflect the face of the user of the mirror therein in the dark.

A further object of the invention is to provide av lam within a vanity case, the light from wh1ch may be turned off or on at will.

A further object'of the invention is to so position the means for operating alight A accompanying wit-hin a vanity case that it can be conveniently operated by the thumb of the hand I with which the user holds the case.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description, which is directed to the preferred embodiment of the invention, reference being had to the drawing, and as more clearly set forth in t e appended claim.

In the said drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the inventlon showing a vanity case with a mirror, an incandescent lamp, abattery, and a switch button within the case,

Fi 2v is a front View of a fiber'plate showing the switch, incandescent lamp and contact members for the battery. 3 is a rear view of theftiber plate showing the electric wires with\their respective terminals.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the dry battery taken on line 4 4 of Fig.` 1, looking in the directionA of the arrows, showing-the 'poles of the battery in contact with wire terminals, and showing the ber plate in cross section.

' Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the fiber plate showing the switch in open position.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

For a more particular and comprehensive understanding of the invention reference ma be had to the reference characters o the drawings, in which reference character 10 indicates the body portion of the vanity'case having hinged deemed desirable.

cover 11, 4in which is placed a mirror l 12 as is usual in such devices. Secured to the rear wall 13 of the case 10 and between the wall 'and the lining 14 of the case is insulatin plate 15, which may be madeof fiber board. In order to throw the rays of light from the lamp 16 onto the mirror and the face of the person using the mirror the arm 17 supporting the lamp, is extendedl outwardly and upwardly'from the rear wall 13. Envelope 18 having flap 19 with snap 20 is secured to the rear wall 13 `of the 'case 10 for removablysecuring therein dry battery 21. Poles 22, 23 of dr battery 21 are adapted to be received etween the spring contact members 24, 25, and 26, 27 respectively. Indicator 28 is placed on the lining 14 of the rear wall 13 of case 10 directly over the spring switch 29 and is for the purpose of indicating or locating the switch, which is beneath and concealed by the lining 1 4 of the rear wall 13. Switch 29 is made of spring metal and is normally in open position, as clearly shown in Fig.` 5. The indicator should preferably be made of a .material which will be in cont-rast with the lining of the wall 13 in order that it may be readily seen by the user when it is desired to operate the switch. Switch 29 may be, however, provided with a button, or the like, projecting through the lining on the wall 13. When switch 29 1s pressed into contact with plate 30 the circuit will be closed through the contact formed between the polel 22 contacting umembers 24 and 25, wire 31, plate 30, switch 29, wire 32to the lamp 16, thence to contact plate 33 through wire 34 to coutact plate 35to contacting members 26, 27 to pole 23 of the dry battery 21. In order to place the circuit wires on the rear face of liber plate 15 contactplates 30, 33 and 35 .6o any suita le insulating material, preferably y are made inthe form of clipsadapted to receive the edge of fiber plate 15 therein with one side of theclip lying on the front face of the plate and the other side of the clip lying onthe rear side of the plate. It is obvious, however, that the wires may be placed on the front face. of the fiber plate and the connections made in any way It will be noted vthat sw-itch 29 is placed on the rear wall 13 of the case 10 and adjacent thc left hand end thereof. The object and purpose of locating the switch in this position is that the llO @Til

user of the vanity case may suppot tbe case with he left hand Wit-h Jhe thumb extende ever the left hand end Wall the case in such position as to readily manipn ulate the switch with the thumb While at the Same time the mrrorrmay be controlled by the rst and second fingers of the hand supporting the case.

What claim is:

The combination with a case having a lining on the ineror Walls thereof, of an.

,semoes insuafcng' plate inbemedeze one si the Wss an. the hmng, a amp, circuit Wles and a conceaec swleh suppo'te by the plate, a battery Within the cese, contacts 15 name to this sbecioation, on this '17th day 2Q of February, D. 1922.

SOMMERFIELD E. MILLER. 

